[78-L] Beach Boys 78

[David Lennick]

It's okay, Dave bought two copies.

I'd be surprised if a Credenza would play a vinyl pressing at all, unless you 
put a record weight on the disc to keep it from standing still.

dl

On 4/22/2011 4:11 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I hope DB is kidding because any acoustic phonograph would severely damage the
> grooves of any vinyl 78!! How do I know? Tried it once on a late 50's RCA Elvis
> 78&  it dulled the sheen in just one play. Will never do that again. Oh&  I
> replaced that 78 btw.....
>
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> From: Michael Biel<mbiel at mbiel.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 2:35:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Beach Boys 78
>
> On 4/22/2011 11:54 AM, agp wrote:
>> At 15:07 22/04/2011, DB wrote:
>>> I just received my copies of "Good Vibrations" on 78 and although
>>> it's spinning
>>> in shining splendour on my Credenza, I thought I should find out some
>>> information before I lower the arm onto it.
>>>
>>> 1 What size stylus do I use to play it?
>>
>> I think it is microgroove
>>
>>
>
> If that is the case, I would recommend for your Credenza that you use
> the special orand shank chromium needles that RCA recommended for their
> Long Playing Program Transcriptions.  (I'm kidding of course, because I
> am assuming YOU are kidding!!)
>
>>> 2 It supposedly had a run of 5,000 but one of mine is numbered
>>> 6965?  (I know,
>>> that doesn't sound like a question.)
>> I hear there is going to be a convention in LA of everyone having
>> that particular number. Seriously, I wonder if they randomised the
>> numbers so as to make it difficult to get the lowest number -- as in
>> the Beatles' White Album -- Serial Number 1
>>
>
> I did see one of the ebay records with a photo that included a number in
> the five hundreds.  I also had seen the 5000 pressing run cited and
> tried to get the set with number 4995 someone was selling, then I saw a
> few with numbers in the low 5000s.  I was thinking that maybe they had
> really pressed 6000 but with your number of nearly 7000, who knows???
>
>>> 3 Why in the world does it say on the label "Vocal group with Theremin"?
>> Somehow this sounds like retro-sillies. I'm surprised it doesn't also
>> say 'Foxtrot' or 'Jaunty Two Step' a la non-contemporary 78s.
>>
>
> Bump and grind?
>
>> I am curious about the actual disc configuration. For example, What
>> size and style label did they use -- lp size or 10 inch size. If they
>> used a 78/ 10-inch style label, is the landing area for the label
>> larger than the label (lp size).
>>
>
> This was nicely answered in another posting by Royal, but I am
> interested in a MORE vital question: Were the master lacquers actually
> cut at 78????  Do they have a lathe turntable still in operation that
> actually spins at 78.26??  I bet the cut it at 33 or 45 and transposed
> the recording down while cutting.  I have not gotten my copies yet to
> check, but I wonder if the accurately pitxch out at 78.26.  Not 78.00
> but 78.26.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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